MOUNT HUA (HUASHAN 华山)

On 3 December, 201811 February, 2019 By alfonsomgcIn Cliffs, Hiking, Mountains, Nature, Sights7 Comments

We were here: October 3, 2018.
Number of recommended days: 1 if we have seen other Chinese mountains, 2 otherwise.
My score: 2/5, although this depends even more on if other mountains among the important ones in the country have been visited before, since at least one should be a mandatory stop (what would mean 3/5 or higher), regardless of whether we are countryside fans or not.

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China

On 29 October, 20187 March, 2019 By alfonsomgcIn Sights40 Comments

It would be necessary to discuss technicalities about whether or not China is the oldest country in the world as it is defined at the time of its unification, but certainly there is no doubt that it is the oldest empire, because this word may have fallen into disuse, but that does not imply that empires do not exist, and that’s what China already was more than 2,000 years ago, more than a country, and it still is. Continue reading “China” →